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According to Axel Bretzke from Hochschule Biberach, the statistics have been showing a clear trend for years: energy-efficient building has specifically lower construction costs than building to the legal standard. Bull’s eye! Find out the reasons why, on Saturday, September 11, 2021 in Axel Bretzke's contribution to Session 5 at the 25th International Passive House Conference

Dear people interested in Passive House, take the opportunity before the summer break and book your conference ticket until Monday at the attractive early bird price!

In the second part of the weekly series "Conference Countdown", find out how the PassivhausSozialPlus in Darmstadt impressively reconciles climate protection and social concerns. Marc Großklos will present the details of this project at the 25th International Passive House Conference on Friday, September 10, 2021.

Read as the first part of our new weekly series "Conference Countdown" why prefabricated retrofits in existing buildings are indispensable for climate protection. Gerhard Kopeinig will present details on serial renovation in Linz on September 11, 2021, at the 25th International Passive House Conference.

The programme is set and the ticket shop is online. In less than three months we start - time to secure a ticket. Take a look at the ticket shop right now to take advantage of the early bird discount. Here you will find more detailed information on the various participation modalities and prices. If you can't be there on-site, don't worry: this year we are offering the event both live in Wuppertal and via live stream. You can see the exact breakdown of what's on offer in the programme overview.

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New this year: Our 2-part programme! PART 1: Friday, September 10 - Sunday, September 12 | 2021
PART 2: Tuesday, September 14 & Wednesday, September 15 | 2021

The 2021 Pas­si­ve Hou­se Award is an in­ter­na­tion­al ar­chi­tec­tur­al com­pet­i­tion for highly en­ergy ef­fi­cient build­ings. Projects can be submitted until 01 June 2021. The win­ners will be presen­ted at an awards ce­re­mony as part of the 25th In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce.

Thank you to our Advisory Board members for 3 days of inspiring discussions to put together the conference programme for the 25th International Passive House Conference in September 2021. The programme will be published by end of April 2021. The conference planned as an hybrid event will take place in the Stadthalle in Wuppertal/Germany and ONLINE.

Proud of your building projects? Share them with us! We are look­ing for your experiences, projects, new de­vel­op­ments and much more to cre­ate an in­spir­ing pro­gramme for our 25th In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce in Wup­per­tal, Ger­many. You have until 15 February 2021 to sub­mit your ab­stract on­line. The Conference, including the Passive House Exhibition, will take place on 10 and 11 September 2021 at the historical city hall of Wuppertal. Additionally, we will provide additional online offerings to enable you to take part from around the world.

We are incredible happy and thankful for three weeks of virtual Passive House Conference and for all the things we learned and shared. It was an ex­hil­ar­at­ing ex­per­i­en­ce to meet so many people virtually that are pas­sion­ate about build­ing en­ergy-ef­fi­cient houses and im­ple­ment­ing these build­ing stand­ar­ds for a bet­ter and more sus­tain­able fu­ture. Take a look at our review page or dicover our Social Media Wall to read more.